--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Robert Earnest <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ....With regards to knowing that you had a good picture > immediately after > pressing the shutter, I can attest to that. I carried a > nikon full of Tri-X > around for years hoping to be the next Friedlander and knew > immediately the > first time I managed to take a good shot. > > I had become accustomed to setting the exposure on the > camera immediately > upon entering any environment and constantly adjusting the > focus to the > things that were happening around me. > > After making the exposure, I checked my exposure settings > and processed the > entire roll of film based on that one frame. > > Sometimes you just know... > > R Exactly so. I often carried three Nikon rangefinders (later SLR's) loaded with Tri-X, each body with a different lens whose focus I preset. Manual everything; auto nothing whatsoever. For years I didn't even own a light meter. Didn't really need one with Tri-X and anyway who had the time to take a reading. No zoom lenses, of course. I don't think they had been invented yet. Ah, the good old days. Wish I had kept my Nikon SP bodies. They're collector items now. By the way, my main influences when starting out were Gene Smith and Bob Capa. Take care. Richard
